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Sechmetia aegyptiaca

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Squatina aegyptiaca was named by Stromer (1927). Its type specimen is BSP 1912 VIII 38, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sechmetia aegyptiaca by Werner (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Squatina aegyptiaca Stromer p. 7 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3
1989Sechmetia aegyptiaca Werner p. 72 figs. Pl 35, figs 1-3; pl 36, figs 1-6; pl 37, figs 1-6; text-fig 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
genusSechmetia
speciesaegyptiaca()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Sechmetia aegyptiaca Stromer 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Matruh) Squatina sp. (84550)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Sechmetia aegyptiaca (214508) Squatina aegyptiaca (214431 214432)